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velador

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /belaˈdoɾ/ [be.laˈð̞oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ve‧la‧dor

Noun

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velador m (plural veladores)

  1. candlestick
    Synonym: candelabro
  2. (Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, northern Argentina) nightstand; bedside table
    Synonym: mesa de noche
  3. (Rioplatense, Bolivia, Paraguay) nightlight, bedside lamp
  4. (Mexico) lampshade
    Synonym: pantalla

velador m (plural veladores, feminine veladora, feminine plural veladoras)

  1. (Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Bolivia, historical) night watchman
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Further reading

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Zoogocho Zapotec

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish velador.

Noun

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velador

  1. candle

References

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  • Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 284